This is Sabiñanigo !!!

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I bring you to the memorable town of Sabiñanigo. I have been by here several times and did came in with my usual road warrior trails going elsewhere. One spot needed to have in my blog for the memories of always even if need to do so in my black and white series, no pictures, I drove here as a curiosity as we were near and cannot find a picture ! Oh well, Therefore, let me tell you a bit on this is Sabiñanigo !!! Hope you enjoy it as I.

The town of Sabiñánigo is in the province of Huesca, the autonomous community of Aragon in the kingdom of Spain. It has a population of 9,592 inhabitants (INE 2024) and its municipal area, of 586.8 km², is the largest in its province. The town is 18 km from Jaca, 54 km from Huesca, 54 km from Urdos, France ; 120 km from Zaragoza, and 420 km from Madrid, We saw coming down on my road warrior trails from France along the N134 road which becomes the N330 passing glorious towns for us such as Canfranc, Villanua Castiello de Jaca ,and Jaca, Here we took the new road then A23 autovia Mudéjar which parallel the N330 until getting back into the N330 to City center Plaza Santa Ana and Plaza de España, After this town we continue thru the Tunel de Nueno on the A23 to Huesca and beyond to Zaragoza and Madrid.

Some of the thing to see here with more time are the Casa Abacial or Abbey House dates from 1589. In the 17C, the simple Baroque parish church dedicated to Saint Hippolytus was built, and the City/Town Hall was completed in 1605. Much more modern is “Pirenarium”, the Pyrenees Park, a complex inaugurated in 2006. It housed miniature models of the Pyrenees and all of Aragon and is located in the old army barracks. The from the period 1810-1830) in El Puente de Sabiñánigo, known as Casa Batanero, is home to the Ángel Orensanz Museum and Serrablo Arts. Opened in 1979, the ground floor reproduces the different rooms of a Pyrenean house with all its furnishings, while the second floor combines rooms dedicated to crafts with rooms specific to the home. In Sabiñánigo park is the apse of the parish church of Santa María de Gavín, destroyed in the Spanish Civil War of 1936 and dismantled and rebuilt in Sabiñánigo by the Friends of Serrablo Association, The Church of San Pedro de Lárrede, built around 1050 in the Aragonese Romanesque style, it is part of the group of churches known as Serrablo. A megalithic monument, the Ibirque dolmen, which stands on the top of a hill. It consists of a simple interior chamber , rectangular in plan and open to the east ,and a tumulus. It consists of a large cover slab, which hides most of the chamber, and four side slabs.

A bit of history I like tell us that the origin of Sabiñánigo is Roman and seems to be linked to the establishment of a military mansion, founded around the 2C, on the banks of the road that connected Osca (present-day Huesca) with the thermal baths of Panticosa. The first documented historical mention of Sabiñánigo is from 1035 where it appears as Savignaneco, and refers to its incorporation into the Kingdom of Aragon. Around 1137, in the middle of the medieval period, its status as a royal town is already mentioned, a category that it would maintain centuries later. At the end of the 19C, the construction of the railway that would link Zaragoza with France via Canfranc began. With the arrival of the railway in 1893, a train station was built near the town of Sabiñánigo. The new Sabiñánigo became a mandatory stopover on the way to the spa town of Panticosa, where people came to take the beneficial hot springs. During the Spanish Civil War, between September and November 1937, the Battle of Sabiñánigo took place in the area, in which the 43rd and 27th divisions of the Army of the Republic launched an offensive against the 1st Brigade of the 51st National Division and volunteers such as the Panthers of the Tena Valley and the Ski Company. The Republican army ultimately failed to conquer Sabiñánigo.

The town of Sabiñanigo on its heritage : https://www.xn--sabinigo-cza3n.es/turismo

The Sabiñánigo tourist office on its heritage : https://xn--turismosabianigo-hub.es/conoce-la-puerta-del-pirineo/

The province of Huesca on Sabiñanigo : https://web.huescalamagia.uk/patrimony;search=56008304/c/0/i/71785260/serrablo-romanesque-hermitage#maps

The Aragon region tourist office on Sabiñanigo : https://www.turismodearagon.com/ficha/sabinanigo/

There you go folks, a wonderful, terrific, glad had stop by to a curiosity of a town ,one more in my world map, I would say a good spot to enjoy the gorgeous Pyrénées and winter sports, Again, hope you enjoy the post on  this is Sabiñanigo !!! as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health,and many cheers to all !!!

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Published by pedmar10

I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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